posted May 12, 2006 13:46
So Iím a huge comedy fan and I thought Iíd start this thread to share some of my favorite routines with yíall. I doubt Iíll get to it every day, but Iíll try to get to it at least a few times a week. Hereís the first installment:

(to listen to it you have to do a quick register w/ Napster, but all they need is a valid e-mail address, and you donít have to sign up for anything). Oh, and feel free to post your favorites!
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posted May 18, 2006 16:52
I'm not going to screw about with Napster, but I think you'd be hard-pressed to find anyone here who doesn't or can't appreciate Eddie Izzard. I keep one of his shows (Dress to Kill) around on my desktop and play it now and then, I love it so much.

My sister's not yet heard it and I wind her up by forever quoting lines from it :-)

One of the things I find the most remarkable about the show is how he references earlier parts later in the show, at one point commenting "Well remembered" when everyone laughs at one of these references. He also re-uses ideas in similar contexts in a way that works really well. For example, the British film part (Sebastian), and the conquest of India (itself referencing the NRA part previously) are both re-used in the Death Star part to good effect -- Lt Sebastian, and the Rebels with the flag. (Itself only funny if you remembered the India part)

It's the sort of attention to detail and cunning that I really appreciate. Definitely humour for geeks (it's just a wonder that our memory span is long enough to remember earlier parts of the show!)
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quote:What is it about people who repair shoes, that makes them so good at cutting keys?That familiar phrase, "A pair of shoes... and a key please! ...And a trophy, why not?!"

What you wanna do, is walk into the shop wearing a pair of novelty shoes in the shape of keys... you've got him nowhaven't you?! He doesn't know whether to repair the novelty key-shaped shoes, or cut you a pair exactly the same!

Dress to Kill is my favorite of Eddie Izzard's shows. It's a little odd to see him in interviews on various documentaries (aristocrats, billy connolly documentary) and on TV w/o any makeup/clothing. So much for the executive transvestite d'action. I even exercised my 15 year old French lessons to listen to the French show they had as an extra on the Circle DVD.

I should point out that the Napster thing I'm using is not Napster itself, but "NapsterLinks", which is their new advertising scheme where you can turn anything in their library into a link which can be listened to up to five times. To me this means: free web-based audio to be taken advantage of as much as possible before they move on to their next crazy scheme. You don't actually have to sign up for anything to listen to what I post, they just need a quick reg.

posted May 20, 2006 06:07
My favourite comedians would have to be ( in no particular order, because I cannot for the life of me, put these guys in order ): George Carlin, Dennis Miller, Lewis Black, and Chris Rock.

posted May 22, 2006 15:38
I have never been able to get into Lewis Black. Dunno why. Something about him just pisses me off. I think that it might be that most of my experience of him is from the Daily Show, and 9 times out of ten his segment on there just sucks.

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